Got up ugly early, loaded the bikes, and made the 45-minute drive to the Reservoir for the race. Got set up, into wetsuits and through a warm-up. I felt pretty good, despite the fact that the two of us were wearing blue swim caps that made us look like the Blue Man Group.
I went out a little hard, but still put together my best swim to date at 19:58, which leads me to believe the course might have been a little short. I didn’t get to see Tony, but apparently he was happy with his swim.
The bike was hilly, but I was able to big ring the whole thing. Averaged about 24 mph. Came screaming into transition, knowing the toe was going to force me to abandon. I scorched in with a nice barefoot dismount and started running through transition. After about the third stone bruise on my foot I asked myself, “why the hell are you running?” Not having a good answer, I strolled the rest of the way in, grabbed a quick drink from my water bottle, took off my chip belt, and wandered over to the official to report I was a DNF. Got cleaned up and waited for Tony’s arrival.
Darlene, Janelle, Tammy, Curtis, and Sierra were our cheering section and photographers while I was out on course. You can see the photos on Shutterfly at share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=9AZNWTFw3cMJ4. Tony looked to be having a good race from his bike finish and T2. He finished the run looking strong. He was hoping to have his run under an hour and it was 55 minutes. He was also hoping to be under three hours total and he came in at 2:46, which was fantastic.
Looking at the results later, we determined that I was in second place overall after the bike, so if I could have run, I would have been within striking distance.
We got back, cleaned up, and went for lunch and a few drinks to celebrate.
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